Green bonds
Climate finance surpasses $1trn a year
Six years on from the Paris Agreement, annual climate finance flows across the globe surpassed the $1trn mark in 2021,…
Are we about to see a surge in sovereign sustainability-linked bonds?
While sovereign SLBs have been “lurking in the labelled bond field for a few years”, they are “now beginning to…
Are debt-for-climate swaps finally taking off?
Climate change is causing sea levels to rise faster than for 3,000 years, bringing a “torrent of trouble” to almost…
How green bonds could turbocharge the energy transition in 2023
By providing investors with the opportunity to accelerate the energy transition while generating healthy returns, green, sustainable or “labelled” bonds…
COP 27: Does Egypt have what it takes to ramp up global climate action?
Some criticised the world's last major climate conference, COP26 in Glasgow, for being largely talk and no action, while others…
Amp boosts solar power in Japan
Renewable energy developer Amp Energy recently announced it had completed four new solar PV projects in Japan in the fourth…
Climate adaptation still needs major scale-up
While delegations at COP26 acknowledged that the pledge by wealthy nations to provide $100bn a year by 2020 to help…
European Commission proposes ‘gold standard’ for green bond market
The European Commission has proposed a regulation on a voluntary European Green Bond Standard (EUGBS) to address investor greenwashing concerns.…
Why investors are unconvinced by transition bonds
When Marfrig, one of the world’s largest beef producers, issued a transition bond in 2019, it raised some eyebrows. “It…
EU Taxonomy lays foundations for global energy transition
For corporate executives looking to shift their companies on to a sustainable footing, the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy might appear…
